February's modest decline in employment and rise in the unemployment rate, to 6.8% from 6.6%, reflects the early negative effects of a downturn in the mining sector. Accordingly, this supports our view that the Bank of Canada is likely to cut interest rates further. We still think that this next rate cut will be in April.
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